China News Service, Beijing, June 12 (Reporter Chen Su) According to the Central Meteorological Observatory, the South China Sea tropical low pressure is moving northwestward at a speed of about 15 kilometers per hour. The intensity is gradually increasing, and it will develop into typhoon No. 2 this year. It landed on the coast of western Guangdong during the day on June 14 (tropical storm level or severe tropical storm level). The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs attaches great importance to the urgent deployment of typhoon defense work, and requires the agricultural and rural departments in Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and other places to effectively do typhoon defense and post-disaster production recovery work to reduce disaster losses and ensure agricultural production safety.

  Pay close attention to the implementation of responsibilities. The current period is from the booting stage to the heading and flowering stage of the southern early rice, which is a key period for yield formation and an important period for the fishing season to be closed in the ocean. Typhoon No. 2 brings strong winds, heavy waves and heavy rainfall to agricultural (livestock, fishery) production. Cause adverse effects. Agricultural and rural departments at all levels should improve their political positions, adhere to the bottom line of thinking, enhance their awareness of danger, and earnestly take the prevention of typhoon No. 2 as the most urgent task at present, strengthen organizational leadership, strengthen the implementation of responsibilities, and do a good job in typhoon defense in a timely manner. Work to minimize disaster losses and ensure the safety of agricultural production.

  Strengthen monitoring and early warning. Strengthen communication and consultation with meteorological, water conservancy, emergency and other departments, keep an eye on the movement path of typhoon, and release early warning information in time. Make full use of radio, television, newspapers, mobile phones, the Internet and other media to promote typhoon prevention measures. Inform the disaster warning information to the fishing vessels and personnel in the relevant sea area as soon as possible, and mobilize the operating fishing vessels and breeding personnel to return to the port or the nearest place to avoid the wind and the waves; timely report the preparation of defensive measures such as the entry of the fishing boat, the withdrawal of the fishermen from the shore, and the standby of the fishing boat. Situation to ensure that the information is clear. Strengthen emergency duty, strengthen disaster dispatch, take the initiative to collect, verify and reflect the disaster, and improve the timeliness and accuracy of information.

  Promote scientific disaster prevention. Organize farmers to seize the harvest of mature crops, and carry out comprehensive inspection and reinforcement of fruit trees, greenhouse facilities and livestock and poultry pens to avoid disaster losses. Timely clean up the drainage system in the field ditch and livestock farm to prevent large-scale waterlogging. Strengthen the management of fishing and fishing vessels in Hong Kong, and actively investigate and clean up hidden dangers. Reinforce and maintain the fishing port facilities and dams in time, and do a good job in the protection of breeding facilities to ensure the safety of personnel. Guiding agricultural reclamation enterprises, schools, hospitals and other units to do a good job in related prevention work.

  Pay close attention to production and save themselves. After the typhoon passed, promptly organize cadres and technicians to go to the disaster area to understand the disaster situation, formulate and improve the agricultural, animal husbandry and fishery production recovery plan according to local conditions, and guide the production self-help. As soon as possible, repair ports, dams, fishing boats, fish ponds and breeding facilities damaged by the typhoon to help farmers replenish flushed fry in time. Organize agricultural machinery to participate in disaster relief, drainage and waterlogging removal, and repair of farmland destroyed by water. Strengthen field management of early rice, scientifically regulate fertilizer and water, and promote crop recovery. For severely affected plots, timely replanting and replanting, resume production as soon as possible and reduce disaster losses. Strengthen the production technical guidance services to the affected livestock farming households, and do a good job in the transfer and transportation of livestock for supplementary pens. Strengthen the prevention and control of animal epidemics and the monitoring and prevention of crop diseases and insect pests in disaster areas, do a good job of disinfection and harmless treatment of dead animals after disasters, and prevent the outbreak of major animal epidemics, zoonotic infectious diseases and crop diseases and insect pests after disasters. Urge the relevant insurance agencies to determine the damages and settle claims as soon as possible for the participating fishing vessel facilities. (Finish)